In Finland, an exceptional phenomenon was born: young people take the new grid leaf
Graphic designer Ano Miettinen developed a grid magazine that is especially aimed at young people. Test at the end of the story, do you know the lattice vocabulary.
Do you know what is *sail *or *lana *?
If you reply that the barracks are a small, handle boiler and leveled the road, you are firmly middle-aged or older, at least mentally.
The latest issue of this pop-up for young people has been sold out in the Helsinki metropolitan area twice, so the magazine had to be printed more.
Now a total of 26,000 copies have been printed. It is a lot, according to the magazine distribution, a lot.
The Lehtipiste does not disclose accurate sales information, but usually one of thousands of songs is sold. There are 120-140 different lattice magazines in Finland every year.
The 29-year-old Miettinen bought and filled the grid, but did not get his friends excited about them because of the difficult words.
Miettinen himself learned the vocabulary and googled, for example, tips on Tea (the late talented actor) and Alai (Vuorija in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan). Both are preferred in the lattice due to vowels and shortness of the word.
– The Finnish language is insanely interesting. I had the feeling that I had to be a way of applying grid to young people without having to learn the older vocabulary, Miettinen says he was thinking.
The lattice gave birth to a bachelor’s job
Miettinen’s lattice enthusiasm eventually ended up as a thesis at Aalto University in the Art and Media Bachelor’s thesis.
He studied the image and vocabulary of Finnish lattices. The artistic part of the bachelor’s work consisted of the concept of a lattice magazine for young adults and especially queer minority.
– I did a survey for my age, for example, whether the words are familiar, Tiit and Ukuli familiar to them. I got the answers not to get there. I got data what words I should leave out from my own grid, Miettinen says.
According to Miettinen, such short words are used in all lattice, but he had to come up with words to be understood by young people.
On the page of the Sanaris company, which is widely performing lattices, there is a list of words familiar to the writers and the most diligent solutions of the lattice, which, however, are almost completely missing from our everyday language.
A soothing option for some
Miettinen’s popularity surprised Miettinen’s popularity, as he printed the first issue last summer only a hundred songs.
Miettinen’s lattice magazine is published four times a year as he draws up the lattices himself, is responsible for their graphic design and skill, and acts as a publisher.
Master’s studies at Aalto University are at least during the spring break as the business runs.
Miettinen has received feedback that those who decide on the lattice have accidentally spent many hours on the lattice without Tiktok.
– It’s a pity how much some time eats our time. I am not claiming that solving the lattices is more super -beneficial, you don’t have to optimize everything. But after all, the lattices for the eyes and nervous system are much more soothing than staring at somebody, says Ano Miettinen.